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Green Green Grass Of Home | Tom Jones |
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6
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2
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My Mind's Eye | Small Faces |
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4
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3
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What Would I Be | Val Doonican |
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10
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4
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What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted | Jimmy Ruffin |
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9
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5
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We'll Meet Again | Lloyd Banks |
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16
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6
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Think Sometimes About Me | Sandie Shaw |
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32
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7
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Morningtown Ride | Seekers |
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27
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8
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Dead End Street | Kinks |
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1
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9
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Gimme Some Lovin' | Spencer Davis Group |
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14
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10
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Living For You | Sonny & Cher |
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20
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11
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Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) | Otis Redding |
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31
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12
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Missy Missy | Paul & Barry Ryan |
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32
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13
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Pamela Pamela | Wayne Fontana |
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3
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14
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Just One Smile | Gene Pitney |
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29
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15
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True Story | Twice As Much |
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19
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16
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Canadian Sunset | Symbols |
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30
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17
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Every Night (I Sit And Cry) | Chanters |
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36
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18
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I Need Love | Little Richard |
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7
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19
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Holy Cow | Lee Dorsey |
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40
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20
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Whispers | Jackie Wilson |
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39
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21
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I Got The Feelin' | Neil Diamond |
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East West | Herman's Hermits |
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12
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22
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The Dreams I Dream | Shadows |
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23
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I'm Ready For Love | Martha & the Vandellas |
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33
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24
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It's Only Love | Tommy James & the Shondells |
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8
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25
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Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James | Manfred Mann |
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28
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26
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Candy | C-Jam Blues |
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27
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Walk With Faith In Your Heart | Bachelors |
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27
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You Keep Me Hangin' On | Supremes |
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28
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Island In The Sun | Righteous Brothers |
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29
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Don't Ever Go | Valerie Masters |
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5
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29
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Nineteen Days | Dave Clark Five |
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It's Not Easy | Normie Rowe |
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31
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Knight In Rusty Armour | Peter & Gordon |
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But She's Untrue / Your Ever Changin' Mind | Crispian St Peters |
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Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus | Neil Spence |
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If Every Day Was Like Christmas | Elvis Presley |
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34
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Time Marches On | Corby & the Champagne |
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I've Got To Hold On | Peddlers |
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35
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Hello Stranger | Maze |
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Don't Fight It | Transatlantics |
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36
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Crazy Feeling | Carl Douglas & the Big Stampede |
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Another Night | Dionne Warwick |
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Seek And Find | Washington DC's |
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Time After Time | Chris Montez |
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Make Me Break This Spell | Keith Relf |
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People Passing By | High Society |
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There Won't Be Many Coming Home | Roy Orbison |
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Anything Else You Want | Tony Jackson |
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Hurdy Gurdy Man | Spectres |
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Every Night (I Sit And Cry) | Chanters | CBS 202454 |
Info about the Chanters can be found in the Fab Forty for 12th March '67, when the group made their second Fab entry.
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| Going Nowhere | Los Bravos | Tony Blackburn |
| *I'll Be Home | Platters | Chuck Blair |
| Sunshine Superman | Donovan | Dave Dennis |
| Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You | Ike & Tina Turner | Pete Drummond |
| Any Way That You Want Me | Troggs | Kenny Everett |
| Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | Paul Kaye |
| Money (That's What I Want) | Junior Walker & the All Stars | Mike Lennox |
| The Proud One | Frankie Valli | Mark Roman |
| Come By Here | Inez & Charlie Foxx | Keith Skues |
| Rhythm Of Love | Merseys | Ed Stewart |
| I See The Light | Simon Dupree & the Big Sound | Norman St John |
| Hang On To A Dream | Tim Hardin | Tony Windsor |
*This was Chuck Blair's first Radio London climber, although he officially joined the station on (changeover day) Tuesday December 6th, when Dave Dennis left to get married. Unfortunately, the single was accidentally excluded from the above climber list during the compilation of the Fab Forties. In 2009, Alan Field noticed its accidental omission.
| Going Nowhere | Los Bravos | Decca F 22529, released 2/12/66 |
Mentioned in 'What's
Happening' for September/October 2001, it's a mystery as to why this potential
winner bombed. A US reviewer of Nuggets 2, regarded it as the boxed set's
outstanding track.
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| Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies | Association |
| Gotta Get Out Of The Mess I'm In | Young Idea |
| Yours Till Tomorrow | Dee Dee Warwick |
| Sitting In A Ring | Ebony Keyes |
| Jingle Bells | Booker T & the MG's |
| Mr Smith | Foresters |
| You Can't Take Love | Philip Goodhand-Tait & the Stormsville Shakers |
| Whole Lotta Lovin' | Nola York |
| Save Me | Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich |
| When I See My Baby | Studio Six |
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| Colour My World | Petula Clark |
| Album of the Week: (courtesy of Brian Long) | |
| One Dozen Berrys | Dave Berry |
| Jingle Bells | Booker T & the MG's | Atlantic 584 060 |
A good-value funky festive groover, this single had Winter Wonderland as its b-side.
| Mr Smith | Foresters | Columbia DB 8086 |
This band issued singles as both The Forresters (double-r) and The Foresters (one r), but on this occasion they used the one-r version of the name. There's a feature about the band in the Fab Forty for 05/12/65, when they entered the chart with Broken Hearted Clown. The b-side of Mr Smith, their fifth single, was an appropriate song for Big L called Ship On the Sea.
The red additions to the climbers indicate singles listed in Brian Long's book 'The London Sound' based on information typed in the Curzon Street offices or other sources. Alan Field did not hear them played or announced as climbers.
The Caroline 'Countdown Sixty' chart (south ship) for this week is hereTune in next week for another Field's Fab Forty